Foucaulf
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« on: September 19, 2014, 11:50:31 PM » |
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One glaring oversight in this scenario: do you really think all Arabs believe in some perfectly substitutable Islamic faith? Do you really think citizens in Arabic states don't have their own particular nationalisms either?
Pan-Arabism, of course, was tried during the Cold War and failed. Today alliances constantly shift between states, out of mutual mistrust and the desire for each country to be the leading power. Let us imagine an "Islamic caliphate" claiming its legitimacy - and watch it be ravaged by protests and clerical dissent a week later.
(Not to mention that the Ottoman administrative system in the Middle East was held up in part by a slave trade lasting until the early 20th century)
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